Shell India recognised as ‘Aon Best Employer’ for second consecutive year
Mumbai, Aug 03, 2019 – Shell India has received the ‘Best Employer – 2019’ award by global professional services firm Aon plc. Selected from amongst 125 peer organizations across industries, Shell India received the prestigious award for the second consecutive year.
The award recognises the achievements of companies and their organisational excellence based on a framework that evaluates companies across Intent-Design-Experience. The study identifies companies that create real competitive advantage through their people and explores the factors that make a company a workplace of choice for its employees.
As one of the most sought-after awards of its kind globally, the recognition reinforces Shell’s position as an employer of choice in India and acknowledges it to be an organisation where leadership vision, employee engagement and people practices are seen to be synchronous as a matter of principle.
Speaking on the occasion, Tarun Varma, Vice President – Human Resources, Shell India said, “It is heartening to note that Aon plc recognized Shell’s focus on attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse community of people. Shell has a proud heritage of celebrating diversity and fostering inclusion. Our employee practices provide an inclusive work culture where one can bring their whole self to work and integrate their personal and organizational purpose. We are delighted with this honour and understand the deep sense of responsibility it thrusts upon us. This honour has encouraged us to move forward in our journey of powering progress together through our people, partnerships and innovation, for India and the world.”.
Shell India has continuously encouraged a culture of open innovation and inclusion where employees are empowered to come to work every day to fulfil a compelling purpose. This includes helping provide the opportunity to find integration between one’s personal purpose and the organizational purpose. In addition to applauding this focus, Shell’s forward-looking initiatives in line with their growth aspirations in India, especially those around employee engagement, diversity & inclusion and people development were considered most noteworthy.
